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Concentric tilted double-helix magnets, which embody a simplified design and construction method for production of magnets with very pure field content, are disclosed. The disclosed embodiment of the concentric tilted double-helix dipole magnet has the field quality required for use in accelerator beam steering applications, i.e., higher-order multipoles are reduced to a negligibly small level. Magnets with higher multipole fields can be obtained by using a simple modification of the coil winding procedure. The double-helix coil design is well-suited for winding with superconducting cable or cable-in-conduit conductors and thus is useful for applications that require fields in excess of 2 T. The coil configuration has significant advantages over conventional racetrack coils for accelerators, electrical machinery, and magneto-hydrodynamic thrusting devices.

The present invention relates to a novel thermal-sensitive resistive apparatus, such as PTC and NTC, which allocates planar electrode films on the top and bottom surfaces of a prior art thermal-sensitive resistive apparatus, such as a PTC apparatus, to laminate with an outer electrode layer. A plurality of interconnection vias are electroplated with conductive material to connect to any plane. It is convenient to surface mount the apparatus of the present invention on a printed circuit board. The present invention can largely increase the dimensional stability of components and overcome the disadvantage that thermal diffusion of the prior are surface mounted resistive apparatus is affected easily by line width and environments.

A rotorcraft includes a fuselage, a rotor assembly, a tail section connected to the fuselage, a propulsion system including an engine mounted to the fuselage, and a wing mounted to the fuselage. The rotor assembly includes a rotor having either a single or a plurality of rotor blades which can produce a resultant force vector which can pass through or near the center of gravity of the rotorcraft, and a spindle to connect the rotor with a flight control assembly. The rotor assembly also includes a tilting mast assembly having a tilting mast frame also connected to the spindle to support the rotor. The tilting mast tilts the rotor and provides cyclic control through a cyclic control linkage connected to the tilting mast frame. A mast control cylinder is provided to tilt the tilting mast assembly.

The invention discloses a componential research and development mode and domain driving model combined application development system and platform. The application development system comprises a user terminal, a Web server, an application server and a database server which are communicated through a network. The application development platform comprises a data layer, a foundation framework layer, a business service layer, an interface framework layer, a safe control system and an auxiliary application tool. The componential research and development mode and domain driving model combined application development system and platform has the advantages of being capable of smoothly expanding and rapidly responding to user requirement change; eliminating requirement, design and achievement inconsistency due to the domain driving model and improving system research and development efficiency and product quality by a large margin; providing an integration mechanism and effectively avoiding generation of information isolated islands; satisfying reuse requirement maximally due to the componential technology; simplifying business system research and development difficulties due to the fact that a large amount of general assemblies are arranged inside; supporting a centralized management mode of physical concentration, logical disjunction and level-to-level administration.

Methods and systems of fire protection of an attic space having a sloped roof above a ceiling deck so as to define a concealed space defining a protection area. The method includes disposing at least one upright sprinkler having a deflector disposed beneath the roof and coupled to either a wet or a dry pipe system and defining a hydraulic demand of the at least one sprinkler as being equivalent to a hydraulic demand for the protection area so as to eliminate any increase in the hydraulic design area for the sloped roof.

An airbag deployment system including at least one module housing, at least one deployable airbag associated with each housing, an inflator associated with each housing for inflating the airbag(s) to deploy into the passenger compartment, an airbag inflation determination unit for determining that deployment of the airbag(s) is / are desired, and respective electronic control units arranged within or proximate each housing and coupled to a respective inflator and the airbag inflation determination unit for initiating the inflator to inflate the airbag(s) in the respective housing upon receiving a signal from the airbag inflation determination unit. The control units include a power supply for enabling initiation of the inflator.

An electric connection box includes upper and lower cases which accommodate therein bus bars, an insulator for the bus bars, fuses, and first relays. A relay module mounted with second relays is accommodated in the upper and lower cases. The electric connection box includes the relay module, but is compact in size, light in weight, low-priced, and low in heat generation due to contact resistance.

Inflator module for inflating an airbag with gas including an elongate housing, an elongate block of propellant arranged in the housing and generating gas when burning and preferably, igniter material arranged on the propellant. The igniter material is substantially coextensive with the propellant in a longitudinal direction such that upon ignition of the igniter material, the propellant begins to burn across its entire length. This is beneficial as the pressure generated by the gas may be substantially uniform provided the propellant is uniformly distributed and homogeneous. The igniter material may be arranged on portions of the propellant not in contact with the housing such that the propellant is completely enclosed by the housing and igniter material, i.e., not exposed to the ambient atmosphere.

The present invention provides a method and a kit for selecting and enriching target sequences specific for a genomic region of interest or a subset of a transcriptome using a target-capturing sequence library. The target-capturing sequence library comprises random DNA fragments generated from a target sequence template encompassing all the target sequences. The present invention provides an efficient and cost-effective method of target selection for targeted genome resequencing.

A joint for a motor vehicle is provided with a housing (5), a bearing shell (4) arranged in the housing (5), a bearing journal (3), which has a bearing area (1) and a pivot area (2) and which is mounted pivotably and / or rotatably in the bearing shell (4) with the bearing area (1). The joint has at least one tensioning device (33), which is arranged in the housing 5, is designed as a solid body and by which a mechanical stress exerted by the bearing shell 4 on the bearing area 1 can be changed. The bearing shell 4 is springy at least in some areas and is deformable by the tensioning means 33 in a springy manner.

The invention relates to a combined cooling, heating and power device of a distributed type industrial boiler. A steam Rankine cycle system positive pressure and closed type method is adopted, a condenser of an outlet steam exhaust of a steam turbine serves as heat sources for a heating plant and an absorption refrigeration device, and therefore gradient utilization of energy sources is achieved. High quality energy of fuel is recovered for generating electricity, more than 260 KWh electric quantity can be recovered from per ton evaporation capacity (or 0.7MW heating load), at the same time, cooling and heating combination is achieved, and exhaust gas waste heat can be effectively recovered. According to a steam Rankine cycle system, waste acid and waste alkali are not produced, and the problems of oxygen corrosion and scale formation of the boiler are effectively avoided. Therefore the distributed type industrial boiler is energy-saving, environment-friendly and very remarkable in social benefits.

The invention relates to a distributed pneumatic-Rankine combined cycle combined cooling heating and power device. The distributed pneumatic-Rankine combined cycle combined cooling heating and power device is characterized in that the exhaust of a pneumatic machine is adopted as a heat source of a Rankine cycle waste heat boiler, a steam Rankine cycle system adopts a positive pressure and close type operating mode, a condenser of outlet dead steam of a steam turbine is utilized as a heat source of a heating system and an absorption refrigeration machine, and the cascading use of an energy source is realized; and high grade energy of a recycled fuel is used for generating electricity, evaporative capacity (or the heating load of 0.7 MW) of per ton can recover electric quantity which is more than 340 degrees, meanwhile, the cooling heating combination is realized, and the waste heat of fume is recovered in a high efficiency manner. A water treatment system of the steam Rankine cycle system causes no or only a little of waste acid and waste caustic to generate, and an oxygen corrosion and scaling problem of the boiler is effectively avoided. Therefore, energy conservation, environmental friendliness and social benefits are very notable.

A direct-to-digital software defined radar system includes a high-speed digitizer coupled directly to a receive antenna and outputs a digital signal to a processor which receives the digitized signal, along with an arbitrarily-defined reference signal provided by signal generator, and indexes the signal data according to time and geo-location, arranges the data according to a three-dimensional data structure, declutters and filters and refines the data for storage or display.

A lamp and socket assembly (10) comprises a housing (12) including a socket cavity (25). The socket cavity (25) is defined by side walls and a bottom wall (80). A vent hole (82) passes though the bottom wall (80) of the socket cavity. A lamp (16) has a lamp base (17). A lamp socket (14) is disposed in the socket cavity (25) and includes a through passage (42) for receiving the lamp base (17) and at least one retaining finger (38a, 38b) for retaining the lamp base (17) in the through passage (42). An electrical contact insert (26) is received in the socket cavity (25). A plurality of electrical contacts (28) are received in and retained by the contact insert (26). A plurality of blade terminals (46) are interlocked with the contact insert (26), with respective ones of the contacts (28), and with the housing (12). A hydrophobic and / or oleophobic vent patch (83) is disposed in the socket cavity (25) and completely covers the vent hole (82) to permit trapped vapors and gasses to escape while repelling water and / or oil.

The invention discloses a design method of a volute, and aims to provide a design method of molded lines of a spiral section and a diffusion section of the volute based on a space vector so as to improve the design precision and the aerodynamic performance. The design of the spiral section molded line of the volute comprises the steps that the starting section azimuth angle of the volute is calculated according to given volute inlet section flow parameters and volute design geometric parameters; the radius of a volute section circle corresponding to the range of the azimuth angle of the volutesection is calculated, wherein the range of the azimuth angle of the volute section corresponds to the radius of the volute section circle; a volute section circle radius corresponding to the range of the azimuth angle of the volute section is calculated, wherein the range of the azimuth angle of the volute section is as shown in the specification; Taking the union set to obtain a set of corresponding volute section circle radiuses in the range of the volute section azimuth angle (shown in the specification); And according to the space coordinate parameter equation of the section circle at any volute section azimuth angle, the space coordinate of the section circle at any volute section azimuth angle is calculated to obtain the volute spiral section section circle space molded line. The method is a more accurate volute design and modeling method, and is beneficial to improving the aerodynamic performance of equipment.

An airbag deployment system including at least one module housing, at least one deployable airbag associated with each housing, an inflator associated with each housing for inflating the airbag(s) to deploy into the passenger compartment, an airbag inflation determination unit for determining that deployment of the airbag(s) is / are desired, and respective electronic control units arranged within or proximate each housing and coupled to a respective inflator and the airbag inflation determination unit for initiating the inflator to inflate the airbag(s) in the respective housing upon receiving a signal from the airbag inflation determination unit. The control units include a power supply for enabling initiation of the inflator.

A magnetic field coupler has a plurality of magnetic poles with respective first ends located immediately adjacent a circular path of a rotating magnet in a meter. The magnetic poles have respective opposite ends located immediately adjacent a magnetic sensor in a meter reading device. A nonmagnetic material separates each of the plurality of poles from all others of the plurality of the poles, and the nonmagnetic material is joined with the poles to form a unitary structure.

System and methods for assembling electronic devices (110) using removable programmable active processing modules (120) are provided. An active processing module includes a first input / output (I / O) interface (202) and a second I / O interface (204). The active processing module also includes a controller (206) communicatively coupled to the first and the second I / O interfaces, where the controller is configured for selectively operating the active processing module in a programming mode or at least one component mode. In the programming mode, the active processing module is enabled to receive a plurality of operating parameters from a first electronic device via the first I / O interface to configure the active processing module to provide a functionality of a component for a second electronic device via at least one of the first and the second I / O interfaces. In the component mode, the active processing module is configured to operate according to the plurality of operating parameters.

A clock circuit for outputting serial data without using a PLL is described. The clock is a VCO designed to start at a frequency that is slightly higher than necessary to preserve the data. The frequency of the clock is measured and if the frequency is too high or too low the DC control voltage for the VCO is changed to bring the VCO frequency back to the start frequency. Clock counters, holding registers, comparators, and a D / A form a feed back path around a VCO. In addition, a word boundary generator is used to define individual data words. The word boundary is formed by the absence of a bit clock transition while there is a data bit transition. A high / low threshold may be used where the VCO frequency, as measured, must transcend a threshold before the DC control voltage to the VCO is changed.

A chip comprising a signal transmitting circuit, a communication system between multiple chips and a method for configuring the communication system between multiple chips are provided. The signal transmitting circuit of the chip comprises a multi-route selector, a first bias resistor and a second bias resistor, a first signal line and a second signal line, and a signal transmitting end; wherein the multi-route selector comprises a first input end, a second input end, a selection input end and an output end, wherein the first input end is grounded, the second input end is connected to a DC bias voltage and the selection input end receives a selection signal; wherein the multi-route selector selects the first input end when the selection signal is a first selection signal, and the multi-route selector selects the second input end when the selection signal is a second selection signal.

A backlash reducing apparatus for a gearbox, the gearbox having a hollow bore and a shaft in the hollow bore, with the hollow bore having a counter-bore at each end includes: a first pair of tapered, interlocking rings engaging the shaft within the hollow bore at one end of the hollow bore; a second pair of tapered, interlocking rings engaging the shaft within the hollow bore at the opposite end of the hollow bore; and a fastener engaging the shaft and applying axial pressure to the first and second pairs of tapered, interlocking rings to thereby force the first and second pairs of tapered, interlocking rings against the shaft and the hollow bore. A method for reducing backlash in a gearbox, the gearbox having a hollow bore and a shaft in the hollow bore, consists of: engaging a first pair of tapered, interlocking rings against the shaft within the hollow bore at one end of the hollow bore; engaging a second pair of tapered, interlocking rings against the shaft within the hollow bore at the other end of the hollow bore; and applying axial pressure to the first and second pairs of tapered, interlocking rings to thereby force the first and second pairs of tapered, interlocking rings against the shaft and the hollow bore.

A timing controller including a memory and a memory controller is provided. The memory includes an odd-field block and an even-field block. The memory controller is coupled to the memory and controls the memory. When two of a first, a second and a third gate output enable signals output by the timing controller are active, the memory is controlled to output the data of the (I-1)th scan line stored in the odd-field block. When one of the first, the second and the third gate output enable signals output by the timing controller is active, and the other two signals are inactive, the memory is controlled to output the data of Jth scan line stored in the even-field block and write an odd-field field data of the (J+1)th scan line to the odd-field block and write an even-field field data of the (J+1)th scan line to the even-field block.

A hinge assembly for opening and closing a door that provides access to the interior of a motor vehicle body is disclosed. The hinge assembly includes a body-side hinge strap secured to the body and providing a first axis, a door-side hinge strap secured to the door and providing a second axis spaced laterally from the first axis, a hinge mid-strap supported on the body-side hinge strap to pivot about the first axis and being pivotably supported on the door-side hinge strap at the second axis, and a lockout bracket secured to the door-side hinge strap and secured to the hinge mid-strap at a location between the first axis and second axis for preventing the door from pivoting about the second axis.

This invention is a toolset upgrading the basic WEBS system update that facilitates tracking design bugs. This invention provides an effective means for reporting, tracking, and eliminating design bugs in an environment of collaborating projects employing re-useable design hardware modules. This invention provides web-based bug reports and uses a tracking program with a SQL database to store all bugs. This invention allows bug reports sharing, alerting and tracking between many different projects.

The present invention provides an FRP honeycomb structure which is used as a base structure material for various base structures and which offers appropriate rigidity and compression strength while reducing the weight of the entire structure. The present invention provides an FRP honeycomb structure HA formed by assembling together a plurality of FRP core units CU having the same cross sectional shape so that outer sides of the units are abutted against one another, and hardening the assembled FRP core units CU using a resin material, as well as a method for manufacturing an FRP honeycomb structure HA, the method comprising a core unit forming step of constructing an FRP braid layer 2, 3 around a core member (mandrel) m having a polygonal cross section, impregnating the FRP braid layer 2, 3 with a resin material, and hardening the FRP braid layer to form each FRP core unit CU, and a honeycomb structure forming step of assembling the FRP core units CU together so that outer sides of the FRP core units CU are abutted against one another, impregnating the assembled FRP core units CU with a resin material, and then hardening the resulting FRP core units CU to form an FRP honeycomb structure HA.

A magnetic field coupler has a plurality of magnetic poles with respective first ends located immediately adjacent a circular path of a rotating magnet in a meter. The magnetic poles have respective opposite ends located immediately adjacent a magnetic sensor in a meter reading device. A nonmagnetic material separates each of the plurality of poles from all others of the plurality of the poles, and the nonmagnetic material is joined with the poles to form a unitary structure.

The invention relates to a steam Rankine-organic Rankine combined cycle power generation device, wherein steam in a steam Rankine cycle is cooled by an organic working medium in an organic Rankine cycle, and latent heat of vaporization of the steam in the steam Rankine cycle is recycled to be used for organic Rankine cycle power generation, so that the steam Rankine cycle and the organic Rankine cycle are combined together and an implementable combined recycling device is formed; and meanwhile, the safety difficult problem that waste heat of flue gas is recycled by the organic Rankine cycle is solved, exhaust gas temperature is effectively reduced, and low-temperature corrosion of the flue gas is avoided, and waste gas, waste water and waste heat of waste steam in a steam Rankine cycle system can be effectively recycled. The steam Rankine-organic Rankine combined cycle power generation device can be used for energy-saving reconstruction of existing units, also can be used for designing and constructing new generator units as well, and is especially suitable for new construction, extension and reconstruction of generator units in severe cold areas, water-deficient areas, power shortage areas and the like, so that economic, social and environmental-friendly benefits are remarkable.

A clock circuit for outputting serial data without using a PLL is described. The clock is a VCO designed to start at a frequency that is slightly higher than necessary to preserve the data. The frequency of the clock is measured and if the frequency is too high or too low the DC control voltage for the VCO is changed to bring the VCO frequency back to the start frequency. Clock counters, holding registers, comparators, and a D / A form a feed back path around a VCO. In addition, a word boundary generator is used to define individual data words. The word boundary is formed by the absence of a bit clock transition while there is a data bit transition. A high / low threshold may be used where the VCO frequency, as measured, must transcend a threshold before the DC control voltage to the VCO is changed.

A hydraulic tensioning system (1) for a belt drive, including a cylinder (4) that is designed to receive a linearly displaceable piston (6), these elements together forming a piston-cylinder unit (3) and delimiting a pressure chamber (10) that is filled with hydraulic fluid. A relative movement between the piston (6) and the cylinder (4) causes the hydraulic fluid to be exchanged between the pressure chamber (10) and a storage chamber (12) or vice versa. At least one annular spring valve (14), which opens depending on the pressure, is positioned in an outflow section (17) for the hydraulic fluid between the pressure chamber (10) and the storage chamber (12) as a one-way valve.